straits

英 [streɪts]

美 [streɪts]

n.  海峡; (联结两大水域的)水道; (尤指经济拮据引起的)困境，境况窘迫
strait的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 海峡;(连接两大海域的)水道
  You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as astraitorthe straits.
  1. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
     估计每年有 1,600 艘船通过该海峡。
  2. ...the Straits of Gibraltar.
     直布罗陀海峡
• N-PLURAL (通常指因缺钱造成的)困境，窘迫
  If someone isindire or desperatestraits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money.
  1. If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits...
     假如我们有了小孩，我们会真正陷入困境。
  2. The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
     该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。

英英释义

noun

• a difficult juncture
  1. a pretty pass
  2. matters came to a head yesterday
  Synonym:passhead
• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
  Synonym:passstrait

双语例句

• The world bank and other donors demand more cash to lend to developing countries in dire straits.
  世界银行（worldbank）和其它捐赠组织需要更多现金，以贷款给那些陷入严重困境的发展中国家。
• The Straits of Gibraltar have not lost their strategic importance.
  直布罗陀海峡尚未丧失其战略上的重要地位。
• Freedom of passage through strategic straits was jeopardized.
  在战略性海峡通过的自由地遭到了破坏。
• Separated from mainland Canada by several straits, the island is actually the peak of a sunken mountain range.
  转载翻译部分请注明天涯东方猪。这座岛屿实际是一座沉没了山脉的顶峰，与加拿大本土相隔了几座海峡。
• The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
  直布罗陀海峡是地中海通向大西洋的咽喉。
• You may have heard that a few manufacturers have fallen into dire straits.
  你可能听说过一些厂商已陷入困境。
• Personnel, economic and cultural exchanges across the Taiwan Straits have kept increasing.
  海峡两岸人员往来和经济文化交流不断加强。
• Now that father's lost his job, we're in serious straits.
  父亲失业了，我们现在经济十分拮据。
• We are one single mestizo race from Mexico to the Magellan Straits.
  从墨西哥到麦哲伦海峡我们是一个单独的混血种族。
• As it is, the North is in desperate economic straits.
  实际上，朝鲜正处于令人绝望的经济困境中。